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Robert A. Heinlein quotes

American Writer July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988

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Robert A. Heinlein quote: "The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle..."
The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness. Robert A. Heinlein
Whenever women have insisted on absolute equality with men, they have invariably wound up with the dirty end of the stick. What they are and what they can do makes them superior to men, and their proper tactic is to demand special privileges, all the traffic will bear. They should never settle merely for equality. For women, "equality" is a disaster. Robert A. Heinlein
...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest. Robert A. Heinlein
The country and culture commonly known as "America" had had a badly split personality all through its history. Its overt laws were almost always puritanical for a people whose covert behavior tended to be Rabelaisian; its major religions were all Apollonian in varying degrees---its religious revivals were often hysterical in a fashion almost Dionysian. Robert A. Heinlein
I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Never try to teach a pig to sing, you waste your time, and..."
Never try to teach a pig to sing, you waste your time, and annoy the pig. Robert A. Heinlein
It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these jokers don't even want to use language you and I know or can learn . . . they would rather sneer at us and be smug, because we 'fail' to see what they are driving at. If indeed they are driving at anything--obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax..."
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax..."
Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "That’s a subject as safe as being in favor of Christmas."
That’s a subject as safe as being in favor of Christmas. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said..."
Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers. Robert A. Heinlein
His older self had taught his younger self a language which the older self knew because the younger self, after being taught, grew up to be the older self and was, therefore, capable of teaching. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Butterflies are not insects, they are self-propelled flowers."
Butterflies are not insects, they are self-propelled flowers. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important..."
My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up. Robert A. Heinlein
You were probably educated in the conventional economic theories of your period which were magnificent and most ingenious, but--if you will pardon my saying so--all wrong. Robert A. Heinlein

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